Metadata information:

1) Data name: 
	qc_tenures

2) Short description:
	Quebec tenures, by common area (aire commune). Includes management unit numbers, company numbers, species and annual volumes (cubic metres).Tenures/concession polygons will contain areas restricted to logging and other resources extraction activities by protected areas legislation and by other legislative and policy restrictions. We attempted to include only crown lands and exclude all private lands where the data was available, but some jursiductions may have inadvertently 
included private lands.

3) Description of fields:
	GFWC_ID: Common area (aire commune) code, as per original source map
	Tenuretype: Volume or Area-based
	Ua_1: Management unit of first company
	Nom_du_ben: Name of company with highest AAC volume for that common area
	Numero_d_u: Company number
	Essence_1: The species that this first company may cut in this common area
	Volume_ann: The total allocated annual volume (m^3) for the noted species
	Ua_2: Management unit of second company
	Nom_du_ben: Name of company with second highest AAC volume for that common area
	Numero_d_u: Company number
	Essence_2: The species that this second company may cut in this common area
	Volume_ann: The total allocated annual volume (m^3) for the noted species

4) Data type and format: 
	Vector digital data, Arc View (*.shp)

5) Creation Date: 
	August 2003

6) Source of information--data origin:
	The pre-existing GFWC national tenure map was edited according to the map,
 "Aires Communes (31 mars 2002)," which is provided in the Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources report "Repertoire des Beneficiares de CAAF (Version du 31 mars 2002)" [Translation: "Directory of CAAF Beneficiaries (March 31, 2002 version)"].

7) Projection Information:
	Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
	Units: meters 
	Spheroid: Clarke 1866
	Central Meridian: -95 degrees
	Reference Latitude: 49 degrees
	Standard Parallel 1: 77 degrees
	Standard Parallel 2: 49 degrees
	False Easting: 0 m
	False Northing: 0 m

8) Other information:
	The abbreviations/translations for the species are as follows:
	  Auf = (Fr) Autre feuillus durs que ceux enumeres; (Eng) Other various hardwoods 
	  Bjau = (Fr) Bouleau jaune; (Eng) Yellow birch
	  Bpap = (Fr) Bouleau a papier; (Eng) White birch
	  Ch = (Fr) Chenes; (Eng) Oak
	  Ep = (Fr) Epinettes; (Eng) Spruce
	  Er = (Fr) Erables; (Eng) Maple
	  Fdur = (Fr) Tous feuillus sauf peupliers; (Eng) All hardwoods except poplar
	  Heg = (Fr) Hetres; (Eng) Beech 
	  Mel = (Fr) Melezes; (Eng) Larch
	  Peu = (Fr) Pepliers; (Eng) Poplar
	  Pib = (Fr) Pin blanc; (Eng) White Pine
	  Pig = (Fr) Pin gris; (Eng) Grey Pine
	  Pir = (Fr) Pin rouge; (Eng) Red Pine
	  Pru = (Fr) Pruche
	  Sab = (Fr) Sapin baumier; (Eng) Balsam Fir
	  Thu = (Fr) Thuya; (Eng) Cedar
	  Til = (Fr) Tilleul; (Eng) Lime
	  
	CAAF = (Fr) Contrat d'approvisionnnement et d'amenagement forestier; (Eng) Forestry Supply and Management Agreement
	
	Due to the limitations of dbase (dbf) files, some of the company names have been cut short. The full names for these companies are provided here:
	  Bowater Produits forestiers du Canada inc. (Dolbeau-Mistassini - Sciage)
	  Louisiana-Pacifique Canada, division Quebec (Saint-Michel - Sciage)
	  Louisiana-Pacifique Canada, division Quebec (Saint-Michel - Panneaux) 
	  Les Produits forestiers Bellerive-Ka'n'enda inc. (Mont-Laurier - Deroulage)
	  Les Produits forestiers Bellerive-Ka'n'enda inc. (Mont-Laurier - Sciage)

9) Publisher:
	Global Forest Watch Canada
	10337 146 Street 
	Edmonton, Alberta
	T5N 3A3

10) Contact name:	
	Zoran Stanojevic
	GIS / Remote Sensing Analyst
	Phone: (780) 422-5989
	e-mail: zorans@fanweb.ca
 
[Last updated: January 5/04]